Social Isolation and Loneliness as Medical Issues.

N Engl J Med

From the Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (J.H.-L.); and the Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (C.P.).

Published: January 2023

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